UPDATE

Question: What should I do?

ACCC suggests:

Consumers with any concerns should return or dispose of the crayons. You can:

place the crayons in a plastic bag (ziplock or sealed with a knot) or in their original packaging and return to the supplier. Ask the supplier for a refund or replacement

take the crayons (in a bag or their original packaging) to an authorised asbestos disposal facility. Find your nearest licensed asbestos disposal facility by searching on the ASEA website(link is external).

Dora the Explorer Jumbo Crayons

It is the law that any materials containing asbestos must be disposed of at licensed facilities.

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Happy Birthday Sam!

Sam Mead turned 16 this week

YES folks OMG alright.

I hope it was a memorable birthday benchmark for you Sam.

You’re my major inspiration and you deserve so much more.

Justice would be a good start

Love you more than …

Happy Birthday Sam!

Last year’s cake was a doozy but this year, despite the milestone of turning 16, my time was very limited, more than usual, yeah right, if that can be even possible, but yes it was.

I thought I had it all worked out on recollection following last year’s birthday event but no, by this year the theme had changed.

Oh yes, the car and a driver’s licence is still in the forefront of most teenagers’ minds but the weight of the past few months has taken its toll.

Check more at the parent site DianneMead.com for expansion. Let’s keep this focussed on Sam and the joy surrounding the pleasure and gifts of our kids.

Birthday Cake Toppers

So, coming up with cake topper ideas started out a little bit of a challenge with time, or should I say, no time, a major factor this year.

Good old eBay came to my rescue.

I searched up edible icing and came across edible icing sheets. Scrolling down eBay’s never ending list of items I came across blank edible icing sheets. Great! Found an image, thank you Google and Sons of Anarchy, edited it with text and emailed it off to my eBay Seller. In less than a week my A4 size edible Sons of Anarchy icing image arrived printed in edible ink.

But, that wasn’t enough.

I really wanted to add a bit more effort to show “how much I get you Sam”.

Relating to the theme, I decided to google images of guns. I’d found an edible gun and bullets on Ebay also. They looked fantastic but I really needed to keep my budget tight and it was going to take a little longer to deliver than I anticipated.

Pencil sketching a fairly basic modern hand gun I set to work with modelling one from marzipan. Sam loves marzipan. I even included details of screws, two barrels, hand grip ripples and texture BUT I was over optomistic on the detail staying in tact once I poured melted cholocate over my hand gun model. grrr

So, here it is…

Happy Birthday Sam!

Letting the fact go that my gun was no longer precise or “perfect” or that I wanted to make a larger cake into the shape of a table or could have arched the writing to create the oval from the table, all fell away when the basic concept came together with time overruling what was reasonable and feasible. Not to mention that when Sam saw it he was over the moon. The detail, or the perfectionism, I would have liked to have put into this particular creation, didn’t matter. Phew!

Sam picked up the chocolate marzipan hand gun, aimed and pretended to fire… is that a boy thing or would most of us be tempted? Makes you wonder. I believe it’s a combination of social conditioning and tactical desire. Mind you after a little playful poses into the mouth it went.

Not only was it a relief that he got that I got him, but the most pleasant reminder and gift to me was, that some of the small stuff really doesn’t matter. I’d been so engrossed in details of precision with court **** and what was and is expected in that arena, it was so nice to let go. More on that on my own site soon. What we tend to overlook as adults, is that when you put in a little effort, your kid usually sees it, they feel it and respond by giving back in some way. And as adults that’s the kid in us also.

Happy Birthday Sam!

The year Sam Mead turns 16 years of age

It’s the era of Sons of Anarchy television series coincides with white collar crime injustice as inquiries into the financial services industry begin to uncover an iceberg of detrimental damage to society.

We’re still in the midst of an action against the dealer group which has prompted writings. This one is dedicated to Sam and other children and parents victims of negligent financial advice and white collar crime They Say Children Adapt. You’ll find it on the parent site DianneMead.com and it’s been published on the website for Wild Sound Festival California.

Selig v Wealthsure appeal is handed down by the High Court Australia to award in Selig favour on Wealthsure appeal on apportionment of liability.

Historical Equal Rights

Dublin makes history with equal rights for same sex marriage change to constitution.

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Mindful Centre – Holiday break

The Tuning in to Kids office here at the Mindful Centre will not be attended between Friday 19th December 2014 and Monday 12th January 2015.

REGARDING THE JANUARY 2015 WORKSHOP: If you are not registering and paying online, please rememberto send us a message with your details so that we can reserve your place. Please be specific about which workshops you wish to attend, and include full name,organisation, emailand telephone contact details.

Bookings sent over the Christmas/New Year holiday period will be processed upon our return in January 2015, and places will be allocated based on the date that we received your message, with the earlier submissions accepted first.

Our January workshop in Melbourne has a large capacity so please do not worry too much – we should be able to fit everyone in!

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Tuning in to Kids and Tuning in to Teens is still growing and every conversation you have, every email you forward (hint hint!), and every product you buy allows us to continue our research and training activities here at Mindful.
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Happy birth day Sam!

Well on Monday the 19th May 2014 Sam turned 15 years of age.

WOW where has the time gone?

I know, I know, like so many other parents, I keep asking the question ‘where has the time gone?’ and as the years pass the quicker the question seems to arise. It used to be something I heard from “the oldies” and now it would seem I’m what I used to call an oldie …

Oh well, like all things, there are pros and cons. Time and age are no different – the key is in context ….

All things contextually in the best positive light.

Now moving right along …

Best Cake Ever Mum!

This year I decided to go the dark side … with a graveyard theme.

What a winner it was, not to mention a hoot for me to make.

The look on Sam’s face was priceless.

Truth be known there isn’t that much cake, as you can see. Oh, yes, the tomb stone is lodged in chocolate cake then covered in dark chocolate.

Relating with kids is such a sublime feeling – it enhances relationships, validates their interests and your acceptance of them as an individual.

To put effort into something you know they will love is a gift not only to them but to yourself.

I love being creative and to have a purpose that you know will benefit someone else gives me a sense of unexplainable fulfillment.

Aren’t our kids more than enough purpose for passion and drive? I know Sam’s existence has been a major influence on my own zest for life.

I’m already onto thoughts for next year’s celebration of the birth of my first and only child … What about you?

How do you help to make your kids feel they are special and meaningful to you?

Have fun!!

I shall write about the personal and therapeutic benefits of the creative process and pop a link into the blog later.

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